Responsibilities for Managing HIPAA Compliance

For a complete list of accreditations for this course, please see the accreditation information box below the author’s bio. All states (with the exception of Hawaii) recognize our courses for accredited continuing nursing education, CNE, contact hours.

On July 14, 2016, the feds announced that the “HIPAA audit program has kicked into high gear.” It’s up to leadership to follow the rules, create a culture of vigilance, and avoid costly penalties.

Recent federal investigations – leading to fines and settlements -- show carelessness and neglect as primary enemies. Social media abuses loom as well.

In a 2016 survey co-sponsored by the nonprofit Health Care Compliance Association, participating healthcare providers ranked social media as their #1 compliance concern.

Learn how to protect patient information by putting the required safeguards in plan. This course includes real examples of how breaches can and do happen. For healthcare employees with compliance responsibilities, this is must-have knowledge.

This online continuing education course can help:

• Prevent violations of patient rights
• Create a culture of vigilance within an organization
• Save providers the cost of fines and settlements, often in 7 figures
• Identify potential HIPAA violations within an organization

While this course is accredited as continuing education for nurses and Florida nursing home administrators, it can benefit all who are in the position of performing HIPAA audits and maintaining HIPAA compliance:

Directors of Nursing

Human Resources

Assisted Living, Residential and Long Term Care Administrators

Healthcare Office Managers

Medical Records Managers

Any Healthcare Department manager

Insurance personnel

Any person in charge of or maintaining patient information or records

Any one in charge of a healthcare organization

Objectives

Upon completion of this course, the participant will be able to:
1. Define Protected Health Information (PHI)
2. Identify the kind of daily carelessness that threatens PHI
3. Identify potential threats to PHI in an office setting
4. Recognize risks and precautions for PHI in physical places
5. List 3 methods of contributing to a culture of vigilance in protecting PHI